Re: GEN: Free Books-Read Across America Day

[Dorothy Tissair <dtissair@SNET.NET>]

Betty

Thank you for filling us all in on the "administrative" costs on this "free
book" program.  I am embarrassed to have forwarded the initial post to a
group of impoverished urban LMS.  Considering that they could buy new
paperbacks of their choice for less than half that price from Baker and
Taylor, this is a major rip off.  I just had such good memories of the
looks on my kids faces last year when I was able to give them "forever" books.

Dorothy

At 01:16 PM 1/9/2002 -0800, BR wrote:
>Hi, All--
>On further investigation, this information:
>$65.00 = Shipping and administrative costs per
>100 books or $6.50 per book.
>Must be ordered in sets of 100 books.
>Must accept (or return) books in sets of 100 --
>partial sets cannot be returned.
>There is no choice of titles.
>Each year, a teacher of two at our school
>receives the postcard advertizing the program --
>and each year adminstration has decided the funds
>are better spent elswhere...
>--Betty Rendino, Librarian
>Jericho Elem Sch
>Jericho, VT
>
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Dorothy E. Tissair, M.L.S.
Library Media Specialist
Old Saybrook, CT  06475

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